diff --git a/awesome/background_widget.lua b/awesome/background_widget.lua
index c3c9e85..415d267 100644
--- a/awesome/background_widget.lua
+++ b/awesome/background_widget.lua
@@ -3,22 +3,19 @@ naughty = require('naughty')
 local wibox = require('wibox')
 local awful = require('awful')
 local gears = require('gears')
-local json = require('json')
+local json = require('jsonutils')
 
 local home = os.getenv('HOME')
 local todo_path = home .. '/.config/todo/todo.json'
 
-function read_all(file)
+local widget = nil
 
-    return content
-end
+function todo_list_widget(index, todo)
 
-function todo_list_widget(todo, s)
-
-    local text = '\n    <b>' .. todo.title .. '</b>    \n'
+    local text = '\n    <b>' .. index .. '. ' .. todo.title .. '</b>    \n'
 
     for key, item in pairs(todo.items) do
-        text = text .. '        - ' .. item .. '        \n'
+        text = text .. '        ' .. key .. '. ' .. item .. '        \n'
     end
 
     local text = wibox.widget {
@@ -35,54 +32,63 @@ function todo_list_widget(todo, s)
 
     widget.shape_border_width = 1
     widget.shape_border_color = "#ffffff"
-    widget.point = { x = todo.x, y = todo.y }
 
     return widget
 
 end
 
-function add_background_widget(s)
+function update_background_widget(s)
 
-    local f = io.open(todo_path, "rb")
+    local margin = 25
 
-    if f ~= nil then
+    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell(":", function()
 
-        local content = f:read("*all")
-        f:close()
-
-        todo = json.parse(content)
-
-        local margin = 25
-
-        local l = wibox.layout {
-            homogeneous   = false,
-            spacing       = margin,
-            forced_num_cols = 3,
-            layout        = wibox.layout.grid,
-        }
-
-        l:set_orientation('horizontal')
-
-        local widgets = {}
-
-        for key, val in pairs(todo) do
-            l:add(todo_list_widget(val, s))
+        if widget ~= nil then
+            widget:remove()
         end
 
-        background_widget = awful.wibar({
-            screen = s,
-            height = s.geometry.height,
-            bg = "#00000000",
-        })
+        local f = io.open(todo_path, "rb")
 
-        background_widget:setup {
-            wibox.container.margin(l, margin, margin, margin, margin),
-            layout = wibox.layout.manual
-        }
+        if f ~= nil then
 
-        background_widget:struts({left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0})
+            local content = f:read("*all")
+            f:close()
 
-    end
+            todo = json.parse(content)
+
+            local l = wibox.layout {
+                homogeneous   = false,
+                spacing       = margin,
+                forced_num_cols = 3,
+                layout        = wibox.layout.grid,
+            }
+
+            l:set_orientation('horizontal')
+
+            local widgets = {}
+
+            for key, val in pairs(todo) do
+                l:add(todo_list_widget(key, val))
+            end
+
+            background_widget = awful.wibar({
+                screen = s,
+                height = s.geometry.height,
+                bg = "#00000000",
+            })
+
+            background_widget:setup {
+                wibox.container.margin(l, margin, margin, margin, margin),
+                layout = wibox.layout.manual
+            }
+
+            background_widget:struts({left=0, right=0, top=0, bottom=0})
+
+            widget = background_widget
+
+        end
+
+    end)
 
 end
 
diff --git a/awesome/json.lua b/awesome/jsonutils.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from awesome/json.lua
rename to awesome/jsonutils.lua
diff --git a/awesome/rc.lua b/awesome/rc.lua
index e7d9e2d..f93c416 100644
--- a/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ awful.screen.connect_for_each_screen(function(s)
         },
     }
 
-    add_background_widget(s)
+    update_background_widget(s)
 
 end)
 -- }}}